# Phonto - Text on Photos — user reviews > 752 indexed App Store user reviews of Phonto by youthhr, rated 4.80/5 from 121,624 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/phonto-text-on-photos/id438429273/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/phonto-text-on-photos/id438429273.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 108,973 · 4★ 7,603 · 3★ 2,122 · 2★ 849 · 1★ 2,077 ## What do users think of Phonto? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 💡 Variety of fonts and customization options - 🚀 Quick and efficient editing - 👍 Helpful for creating thumbnails and graphics - 🚀 Seamless integration with other apps - 👍 Intuitive interface **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezing issues - 🐛 Difficulty aligning or centering text - 🐛 Saving projects can be unreliable - 🐛 Watermarking issues or loss of image quality - 🔋 Ads can be disruptive during use **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to access photo library on some devices - Text input box disappearing or becoming unresponsive - Inconsistent behavior when adding multiple images **Most requested features** - Add ability to save and restore projects - Improve text alignment and layout options - Implement a grid or guidelines feature - Add support for video editing - Expand color and gradient options ## Newest reviews (16 of 752) ### 4/5 — Always comes through! *2026-08-10, version 4.9.54* I love using this app to create flyers and invites! It is very user friendly! ### 5/5 — Excellent! *2026-08-02, version 4.9.54* Has surpassed all expectations!👍 ### 5/5 — Great *2026-08-01, version 4.9.53* Excellent ### 5/5 — Excellent Photo Editor *2026-07-30, version 4.9.53* One of the best text adding photo editor ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-07-27, version 4.9.53* I love Pronto, it makes things so much easier. I definitely recommend it. ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2026-07-24, version 4.9.53* Very helpful ### 5/5 — More than Handy *2026-07-24, version 4.9.53* Excellent fee App ### 5/5 — Make writing not just larger but can we stretch it as well up and down? *2026-07-22, version 4.9.53* Stop the ads ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2026-07-22, version 4.9.53* I have been using PHONTO for years and I love the results.. ### 3/5 — Please make it just smoother. *2026-07-21, version 4.9.53* Moving along the image and zooming in is annoying and difficult. It does its job though. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2026-07-20, version 4.9.53* Just easy, simple, free😍 ### 5/5 — You’re pushy *2026-07-17, version 4.9.53* Best app ever. Now stop asking me to review. ### 5/5 — It used to be excellent *2026-07-14, version 4.9.53* They changed it. I used to enjoy it. Now you can’t add another photo on top of the main photo. ### 2/5 — newest is NOT useable *2026-07-14, version 4.9.53* Was very good even though it needs a couple of crucial features like copy and paste/duplicate. But latest update locks you into an ad screen you can’t get out of. BYE! ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-07-12, version 4.9.53* Perfect for what I use it for. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-07-12, version 4.9.53* It does exactly what it says it does and zero issues doing it. It’s quick and effective, great for making YouTube cover photos ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — PHONTO WAS GREAT! Now its mediocre *2026-08-24, version 4.9.55* PHONTO WENT FROM GREAT TO MEDIOCRE! I've used this app for many years and it's wonderful. You used to be able to get hearts and squares And put words inside them now you can't do any of that! ### 1/5 — Frustrating glitch *2026-08-05, version 4.9.54* I've been using this app for a few years now. For about a year now, when I am writing, if I leave it to select something else, on my return to carry on writing the letters disappear to the upper side and l have to go back and forward like 20 times before my text shows up again in full!!! Can you, please, correct that glitch? Until it is corrected, l'll give you only one star. 🤷🏽‍♂️ ### 1/5 — $3.99 for graph paper *2026-07-24, version 4.9.53* App is pretty great, but $3.99 for a plain graph background? C’mon y’all I can download a much better plain graph paper from Google images and use that. Y’all trippin. ### 1/5 — Ada *2026-07-18, version 4.9.53* Used to be a good app… now is loaded with advertisers that can’t be x out and last over a minute! Hate it!!!! ### 1/5 — Good but 👎🏻 *2026-06-10, version 4.9.52* Good app but disgusting ads and sometimes or most of the times inappropriate ### 1/5 — Begging for ratings. *2026-05-26, version 4.9.52* Interrupt me to be for ratings, you get one star. ### 1/5 — Plug in paid for but not received *2026-05-21, version 4.9.52* As experienced by another reviewer a plug in I had paid for did not appear in the app. This app has potential but beware of parting with any payment for the advertised plugins. ### 1/5 — Ruined *2026-05-18, version 4.9.52* I have used this app for years, creating memes during Covid, making Maps for my friends, it’s the app that I’ve always turned to to create fun pictures. However, now it has been ruined by ads that you can’t turn off. I literally am unable to use the screen because an ad is blocking the space and there is no way to close it. Greed has destroyed what once was a fantastic app. Look elsewhere, this app is useless now. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2026-04-29, version 4.9.51* The app literally doesn’t work. I created an account but then when I try to see the images to edit, nothing shows up. It only shows one add for adobe. Weird. ### 1/5 — Not pleased *2026-04-29, version 4.9.51* App doesn’t give clear direction. When you add text, it’s all on one line. It doesn’t go to another line to fill the image. It makes it an impossible singular line for a quote or something. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very good *2026-08-23, version 4.9.55* Good ### 5/5 — Love this app *2026-08-22, version 4.9.55* Thi app is good at doing thumbnails for my video you most instal this app ### 5/5 — تقييم البرنامج *2026-08-22, version 4.9.55* أفضل برنامج كتابة على الصور على الاطلاق ### 5/5 — My favorite font app! *2026-08-10, version 4.9.54* Have been using for years to add text when creating digital cards for all occasions. I use it to create memes of favorite prayers, quotations, blessings for birthdays, anniversaries, notes of condolence, and more. Love the variety of fonts, the ability to enlarge and diminish the words. Appreciate I can rotate, center, use for watermarks, add background. More to appreciate than I can squeeze into a short review. SO grateful to the person who made this app and keeps it current! Three happy cheers! ### 5/5 — Been using for years. *2026-08-10, version 4.9.54* The BEST. Hands down. Simple, straight to point. Thank you. I just got a new phone and I’m downloading again, I get nostalgia just even downloading it because I’ve used it for YEARS, and all the content I’ve made with this over the years 🔥 thank you. ### 5/5 — Works great *2026-08-07, version 4.9.54* Program is killing it…minus the ads..🤷‍♂️ ### 5/5 — Best app ever *2026-08-07, version 4.9.54* It’s very useful app , you can add texts with custom fonts (downloaded from safari) add images to picture with remove background mode 💯👍🏼💪🏼💛 ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-08-06, version 4.9.54* I love it!!! ### 5/5 — Really amazing *2026-08-05, version 4.9.54* I love phonto, it’s so simple but provides more than any other app on the market. Although please make an accessible version compatible with computers ### 5/5 — Been using for years its the best *2026-08-04, version 4.9.54* Love!! 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